Apple Charlotte with Custard - James Martin Chef

Ingredients

• 2 bramley apple peeled and diced
• 2 pink lady apple peeled and diced
• Splash of water 1 tbs butter
• 1 tbs caster sugar
• 100g butter melted
• 12 slices white bread
• 8 egg yolks
• 75g caster sugar
• 300ml milk
• 300ml double cream
• 1 vanilla pods or 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
• 1 orange zest
• Preheat the oven to 220C.
• Place the apples, sugar, butter with a splash of water in a pan and gently cook for 5 minutes.
• To make the custard put the milk and cream in a pan with vanilla and its seeds. Pop in ½ the sugar, warm gently through.
• Whisk the egg yolks with the remaining sugar.
• Pour the milk mixture over the yolk mix, and whisk together.
• Transfer this to the pan, continuously whisking until it thickens sieve off into a bowl. Whisk in the grated zest from the orange.
• To serve, pop each charlotte onto a plate and serve with the fresh warm custard.